Child s carriage



WITNESSES i 5% 0. MATTERN. Ohilds Carriage.

No. 226,767. Patented April 20,1880.

ATTORNEY SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters To all whom it mayconcern Be it known that 1, CHARLES MATTERN, of Jersey City Heights, inthe county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Childrens Carriages, of which the followingis a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of myimproved childs carriage; Fig. 2, an end elevation of the same; andFigs. 3 and 4 are a detail section and a detail side view of thehandleguides.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish a childs carriage which is soarranged that the position of the body may be changed so as to keep thechild always in the shade in whatever direction the carriage is moved.

The invention consists of a childs carriage the body of which isprovided at both ends with handles which are guided in suitablebracket-sleeves at the under side of the carriage-body, and adapted tobe pushed in to be out of the way, or drawn out and locked into positionfor use.

The invention consists, further, of basket, box, or other receptaclesupported on a center frame of the reach below the body, the receptaclebeing.secured to the center frame.

In the drawings, A represents the body of a childs carriage, and B B thefront and rear handles of the same. guided in fixed bracket -sleeves toa of the body, (shown in detail in Fig. 4,) so that either the front orrear handles may be drawn out or pushed in below the body.

The lower ends of the handles B B are connected by a transverse metallicbrace-rod, b, which is provided with a slotted center sleeve, d. Thissleeve slides along an arc shaped guide-rod, O, which is permanentlyattached to brackets at the under side of the body.

At the upper end of the guide-rod C is arranged a spring-catch, e, whichenters into the slot of the sleeve (1 of the brace-rod, so as to lockthereby the handles when they are drawn out for use.

These handles are CHARLES MATTERN, OF JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY.

CHILDS CARRIAGE.

Patent No. 226,767, dated April 20, 1880.

Application filed February 9, 1880.

The transverse brace-rod b enters at the same time into recesses a ofthe bracketsleeves to a, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to furnish, besidesthe central connection with the guide-rod, two side connections of thehandles with the body A, and secure thereby the rigid position of thehandles thereon.

The handles at the opposite end of the body are stored away below thebody until it is desired to change the position of the body, when theyare drawn out and locked, while the handles hitherto used are pushed in."Thecarriage may thus be moved in the same direction, while the positionof the body and of the handles may be reversed, so as to keep the childalways in the shade without shutting out the air by cumbrous tops andcanopies.

The reach I) is made in one piece wit-h the axles, and arranged at thecenter portion with a circular, oval, or oblong frame, D, to which, bysuitable fastening devices f, a basket, box, or other receptacle, E, issecured, the same serving for storing away small articles, such asnapkins, bottles, &c.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the body of a childs carriagehaving an arc-shaped guide-rod with separately sliding front and rearhandles, and with devices by which the handles may be guided on andlocked to the guide-rod when drawn out, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the body of a childs carriage, and of separatelysliding and guided front and rear handles, with an arc-shaped guide-rod,to which the handles are connected by transverse brace-rods andguide-sleeves, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination, in a childs carriage, of the body A, having anarc-shaped guide-rod, O, with separately sliding and. guided front andrear handles, B, connected at their lower ends by a transversebrace-rod, b, the handles being locked in drawn-out position by aslotted sleeve of the brace-rod and a spring-catch, e, of the guide-rod,substantially as described.

4. The combination of the body of a childs carriage havingbracket-sleeves withseparately sliding front and rear handles con- Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as nected by a transverse brace-rodat their lower my invention I have signed my name, in presends, said rodfitting into recesses of the ence of two witnesses, this 6th dayofFebruary,

guide-castings, substantially as described. 1880. x 5 5. The combinationin a childs carriage 1 with the reach having; a central supportingCHARLES MATlERN' frame, of a storage-box, basket, or other re-Witnesses:

ceptacle secured thereto, substantially as set PAUL GOEPEL,

forth. CARL KARP.

